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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Basil; Sweet Basil; Cuban Basil
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
METHYL-THYMOL 0 Plant 0.2 -1.00 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
MUCILAGE 3 Seed 93000.0 -0.66 *
MUCILAGE 3 Seed Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil 1300.0 -0.43 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 2.0 80.0 -0.14 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 8600.0 -0.33 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 2.0 80.0 -0.39 *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot Essent. Oil 2600.0 18000.0 -0.40 *
MYRCENOL 0 Essential Oil *
NERAL 4 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.00 *
NERAL 4 Plant 5.0 -0.76 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
NERAL 4 Shoot Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
NEROL 10 Essential Oil 30000.0 -0.59 *
NEROL 10 Plant 2.5 300.0 -0.25 *
NEROL 10 Shoot Essent. Oil 700.0 *
NEROL-ACETATE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 2500.0 *
NEROLIDIOL 1 Essential Oil *
NEROLIDIOL 1 Plant 5.0 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
NEROLIDOL 11 Essential Oil Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NEROLIDOL 11 Plant 5.0 -0.97 Die Nahrung. Pino, J., Rosado, A., Goire, I., Roncal, E., and Garcia, I. 1993. Analysis of the Essential Oil from Cuban Basil. Die Nahrung 37:(5): 501-504.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimange 1 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 9 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 21 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.